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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Types of Guidance

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Question:
Among the questions that came in, Shaykh Salih, this one asks about the types of guidance?

Answer:
Guidance is of two types: guidance of inspiration and guidance of success. His saying, the Exalted:
Indeed, We guided him to the way, be he grateful or be he ungrateful.إِنَّا هَدَيْنَاهُ السَّبِيلَ إِمَّا شَاكِرًا وَإِمَّا كَفُورًا
[Al-Insan 76:3]
This is guidance of inspiration. As for guidance of success, it is in such as His saying, the Exalted:
And as for Thamud, We guided them, but they preferred blindness over guidanceوَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَهَدَيْنَاهُمْ فَاسْتَحَبُّوا الْعَمَىٰ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰ
[Fussilat 41:17]
Meaning they did not respond to the guidance of success, but relied on their opinions and their minds, and did not accept the Qur'an. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (173) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1440-03-14] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (6:59)

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